This year, remarketing professionals descended onto Marco Island, Fla. to attend the 2018 International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Summer Roundtable.The event had a packed schedule full of networking, sessions covering today’s hot-topic remarketing issues as well as the future of remarketing.
2018 IARA Summer Roundtable
Two fellow IARA committee co-chairs, Doug Turner, who co-chairs the Standards Committee and Paul Seger, who co-chairs the Recognition and Awards Committee.
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Tony Long, the executive director of the IARA, provided one half of the first day’s welcoming address. During his address, he announced that this year’s event saw a nearly record-breaking number of attendees.
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Remarketing professionals descended onto Marco Island, Fla for this year’s Summer Roundtable. The Roundtable took place over three days.
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Tim Meta, president of the IARA, and national remarketing manager at Fifth Third Bank, provided one half of the welcoming address that kicked off the 2018 IARA Summer Roundtable.
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Bob Griese, a former NFL quarterback, provided the opening keynote presentation on the first day of this year’s IARA Summer Roundtable.
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Felipe Smolka, the executive vice president of transformation at LeasePlan USA, provided the event’s executive presentation. He touched on the adaptations that businesses need to take to keep up and succeed with the industry’s changing landscape.
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Matt Arias, co-chair of the IARA’s Standards Committee and director of arbitration and information services for Cox Automotive, spoke on a topic he is very familiar with: arbitration.
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Mary Haller and Paul Seger, the Recognition and Awards Committee co-chairs, were on stage prior to the announcement of Chuck Novince as the recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award.
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Dave Sutton stood at the dais to moderate a session on the best practices for applying guidebook values. (l-r) Ben Flusberg of RMS Automotive, Anil Goyal of Black Book, and Brett Nanigian of Kelley Blue Book provided their insights.
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The IARA awarded Chuck Novince, who had nearly three decades in the industry and most recently served at Manheim before his retirement, with its 2018 Circle of Excellence Award. He and his wife attended the event.
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All of IARA’s commitees held meetings prior to the start of the show. Matt Arias (left), co-chair of the Standards Committee, led a section of the discussion during his committee’s meeting.
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Members of the IARA Canadian Committee attended this year’s Roundtable. There has been a big push this year, to “Canadianize” the CAR curriculum this year, and the project has nearly been completed.
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Four auction general managers took to the stage for a Town Hall style session. The GMs who participated were (l-r) Dave Blake of DAA Seattle, Laura Taylor of Charleston Auto Auction, Lisette Minton of ADESA Sarasota, and Ryan Mason of Manheim Fort Lauderdale.
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Attendees playfully scored how well Standards Committee Co-Chair Matt Arias did during his presentation. He received pretty high marks.
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The IARA committee chairs and co-chairs were hosted for an appreciation dinner by XLerate Group, a nationwide auction and remarketing facilitation company. The pre-conference event was held at Quinn's restaurant at the JW Marriott, which was the host hotel for the 2018 IARA Summer Roundtable.
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